Founders Associate, Opply
£30-45k
+ Equity
More information about location
Automated supply chain platform for small and medium consumer goods brands
Job no longer available
Automated supply chain platform for small and medium consumer goods brands
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
£30-45k
+ Equity
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
Opply's mission is to revolutionise how consumer goods brands find, communicate and order from suppliers by building the world’s first personalised end-to-end supply platform.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years experience with a mix of industry and consulting, ideally with some startup scaling
- You understand, and have experience of how to communicate with businesses in a variety of industries, sizes and experience levels
- You have shown a natural flair with strategy and operations, and ongoing over performance of targets
- You are a quick thinker, and easily see gaps and solutions where others may not
- You have experience in capturing your magic into processes, that others can pick up and run with
- Experience in the food/consumer goods or B2B marketplace industry preferred
What the job involves
- Define, scope and partner with other teams/functions to deliver key strategic initiatives for Growth and Operational efficiency
- Spearhead special projects and drive forward new initiatives as we scale
- Improve current processes and work with the senior team to improve our daily operations, including admin, data and reporting
- Support with team growth/hiring, onboarding and development
- Serve as a subject matter and ‘ears on the ground’ expert across the business, handling enquiries and developing action plans
- Prepare communications for pitches, reports, investor presentations
- Scope, evaluate and quantify new opportunities, including partnerships, particularly service and growth partnerships
- Identify product improvements or new products by remaining current on industry trends, market activities and competitors
- Any other business priorities identified by the founders
Salary benchmarks
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
The consumer goods market is one of the largest on the planet. Worldwide it is projected to reach over $15 trillion by 2025. There are currently 25 million consumer goods SMEs worldwide, with $4 trillion of revenue between them, who do not have the access, knowledge or power to create effective supply chains. This is the potential market which Opply is aiming its services at.
Opply's product is a digitised supply chain for consumer goods SMEs, which creates a fully traceable and predictive global supply chain with a key focus on optimising supply chain efficiency. By removing the need for businesses to order from suppliers manually, Opply boasts that users can spend 90% less time on supply chain work, reducing costs by 20%.
In terms of users, Opply has already built a network with million suppliers, and has generated over $1M worth of product order requests, in just a few months! With 1 million new consumer brands started yearly and Opply's substantial 2022 seed funding round, the company's potential market is only going to grow.
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
50% female employees
Company
Employee endorsements
Challenging work
"I joined Opply having left a job that was relatively boring and monotonous. The pace of learning and variety of work at Opply is the best I have..."
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2022
$3.9m
Jul 2021
$0.2m
Total funding: $4.1m
Company benefits
- 33 days holiday
- Flexible hours
- Flexible remote working
- WeWork All Access membership
- Gym membership
- Regular team socials (multiple yearly international team meets!)
- MoreHappi coaching
- Training and tech allowance
Company values
- We lean into action. Preferring to fall quickly and learn, rather than never jump. Adapting to any situation with a positive and scrappy attitude, enabling everyone to do the same.
- We are endlessly curious and innovative. Everyone is an entrepreneur and seeks to find the best possible solution, even if it doesn’t exist yet. We encourage ownership and honesty, even when everything is going wrong.
- We are free to be who we are and speak openly. Diverse thought equals better innovation, there is no hierarchy. A good idea is a good idea, we don’t care where it comes from.
- We are a team of people before we are a business. We invest in your personal and professional development, and will always put our people first. We’re building something amazing, and want to ensure everyone is able to feel part of that.
Company HQ
Waterloo, London, UK
Articles
Founders
Helen Murphy
(CEO)Helen has considerable experience in commercial and engineering roles, from management consulting at Bain & Co to senior management at Procter & Gamble, as well as starting a consumer goods company.
Martin Postel
(CTO)Martin is an expert is anything data and tech, and after several years as a mechanical engineer, spent 4 years completing a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at ETH Zürich.
Diversity & Inclusion at Opply
- Opply provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression
- Opply ensures that all interviews are standardised to remove bias, and encourage all interviewers to value opinions that differ from their own very highly.
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